Revolutionizing healthcare: new media’s impact on public health in low and middle income countries (LMICs)

This book review introduces Digitalization of Medicine in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Paradigm Changes in Healthcare and Biomedical Research, a multidisciplinary analysis of how digital technologies reshape healthcare in resource-limited settings. The book highlights tools like telemedicine, mobile health (mHealth), and artificial intelligence (AI) as solutions for overcoming systemic healthcare barriers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Case studies, such as Saudi Arabia’s Seha Virtual Hospital and mHealth innovations in Armenia and Indonesia, showcase how digital tools can address healthcare inequities and improve public health outcomes. While emphasizing the potential of AI and blockchain to optimize diagnostics and secure health data, the book also identifies challenges like digital inequality and limited infrastructure. It advocates for adaptable, context-specific solutions over direct replication of high-income country models, providing a compelling call to action for policymakers and practitioners to advance sustainable healthcare transformation in LMICs.